"She tried to cross thebarriers of her helplessness and anguish…..But she remained frozen in thatmoment forever."

I like the analogy of the physical barrier of distance and the internal barriers of he4lplessness and anguish. I often feel like you write form the deepest recesses of your soul. I see you in this picture, your vision, your disposition, your longing.

I've always felt that things written from the heart are the most profound. You are so good at this.

Stan-Thanks so much!I enjoyed doing this exercise because the words just flowed.

Mermaid,I write only what i can feel or else it comes out all wrong.Here i saw the paiting and i found it very powerful in its starkness.The words just flowed naturally as if i could identify with the girl.

its wonderful jyotsna!! so lovely loved these lines "The indescribable longingthis yearning to reach outto be cradled,nurturedcosseted in warmth and loveso palpable yet so subtlein the tremble of her body" aah!

I had that picture in my english o level 35 years ago.I didnt know what to say about it then and i dont know what to say about it now.It is full of the unknown to me.I think the house is like what might have been but is now unreachable.But then again Im drunk.